Back on the hunt again today - I want to take you all on a journey, if you patiently read through this post you will see exactly what I mean. Well it all started when I stumbled out of bed this morning and made my usual morning coffee. I was sitting there thinking for a while do I go back out to the previous spot where I have had a lot of success in the last 17 times in visiting there - or do I stay local and push through the thick bushland with the tussock weed.
The thought was made to travel and hit the area hoping that I would continue the streak in my finds, as it stands now the goal has been well and truly passed for continuous gold finds in one location, the previous streak was 8 times in a row or 8 days in a row in one area. This new spot has proven to be quite the area, very shallow and indeed hitting the good stuff everyday for 17 straight days. Well could it be that today was going to be any different - are the targets becoming to be less frequent.
When I arrived today - the flies were at their worst again - as many would know if you were all out in the fields today. As I arrived at this spot after a good 1.5km walk through the bush, I was again focusing on any area's within this line of gold that I have found, the area would stretch 150-200mtrs in length and roughly 50 or so meters in width - with the Gold being deposited across this section. It is a reasonable size area to spend 17 days and hit it every time, now today was one of those days where I just had to keep persisting.
I walked through this area at certain spots which I knew that I had not swung the coil in, moved many sticks, kicked a lot of stones/rocks out of the way. Pleanty of water breaks in between and nothing - nothing at all not even a little piece of rust. It is ok when you dig a few things but when you hit absolutely nothing in 2 hours - very annoying.
Not to worry eventually I knew I would have to get at least one target to dig, and there it was not promising but a target to dig, 1 foot deep in very loose material shotgun shell. At last finally had the first target for the day, so I battled on and again nothing for another 2 hours and then hit 2 small targets. Rust and Lead, finally another couple to dig. By this time the water was almost depleted and sun was nearing the hillside. I ventured away from this area that has proven to be an excellent gold producing spot. And walked a line through the bush with no clear direction or plan in mind just wandering detecting and sighting anything new on the grounds.
I walked all the way around one side of this gold spot at least 50 meters away then I walked back around the top section where I had first made the initial discovery - now I am almost ready to head home and walked to the complete opposite side of this gold area.
Previously when I first discovered the gold here, I focused on the area and line which majority of the gold I was finding, after google earth documenting the finds everyday it just kept me going back and continuing the line because the mapping was showing the line and pattern to follow. I have not swung the coil on the right hand side of this area - basically if you draw a rectangle which is the gold spot, I have focused on this rectangle and the left side of the rectangle - now time for the right hand side.
Days almost done and nothing in hand but at least I had those targets in between - not too many targets but it is way better to dig something than nothing at all.
On the way back around the top of this area again like I mentioned walked in and along the top of an old mullock, pretty much heading away back to the vehicle and there we are a target in some dirt an old miner had pulled out. This is almost at the top right but out of the zone which the gold has been found so far.
I wasnt too confident on this target but it still pulled me up just enough to inspect,
1. And there we are - a signal pulled out roughly 6 inches below - very loose broken up red clay / dirt = not the usual thick clays but more like red dirt mixture. Not much of anything in the material either - no gravels etc. I actually thought this one was going to be a little rust bugget. Only because I have had many of these targets in this material pulled from a mullock and majority is those rusty nail type objects - always good to dig and verify no matter what - it was one of those moments you know how you get really good ground and many times you just know or at least have a good feeling, complete opposite here, it was one of those "oh its gold" type of moments.
2. All cleaned and looks like a little pot of gold.
3. Also when I arrived home after being out for 6 or so hours, I wanted to crush and pan a sample - been too busy to do the samples from the hole of gold lately - but have taken the loams - and this was from one pan from another section of the Calcrete. So far in each pan sample from the centre of the hole and the pan sample to the left and to the right has still shown colors in each pan. Just need to crush and sample pan the top centre/left/right and bottom /centre/left/right
So now I can add to my goals of being 17/18 days. Lucky on this one - I might have that little break on this area just to break it up a bit so next time visiting I will be in full force. Sometimes we need that break from an area just to spur us on again.
All the best and enjoy.
- thought I would share these pics anyway. 
